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Rumours of a PlayStation phone have been around as long as the PSP itself and now out of the blue pictures of an apparent PlayStation mobile phone have appeared online – see the larger image below. Engadget is assuring its readers that the pictured device is very real and is …

Jobs â??initially declined an offer' to acquire the Halo studio

â?¦but if it did, it could only be Valve

October 29th cut-off draws close for NESTA's talent review

Giant independent television production company Endemol has finalised a deal that will see its hugely popular quiz show The Money Drop sold to media outlets globally with a special game as part of the package. The online game that is key to the deal, crafted by digital gaming specialist Visiware, …

Publisher and developer Rockstar has confirmed a November 26th European release for Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. The SKU will include all of the DLC released for the Wild West title, including today’s release, the Undead Nightmare Pack, which for the first time introduces zombies to the series. It will …

The three men in charge of Square Enix have told MCV that the company’s new global agenda is not merely leveraging Eastern properties in Europe and the US – it’s about returning fire with Western games that can break into the Japanese market. I think today, [releasing Square Enix Europe’s …

London-based institution becomes latest trade body member

As X Factor contestants capably demonstrate on a weekly basis, there is no difference of ambition between the gifted and the bewildered. Brilliant icons-in-waiting share the same self-belief as tone-deaf fantasists. The game business is of little difference to Simon Cowell’s talent-contest-meets-Victorian-freak-show. The audience has the ultimate decision on whether …

OnNetâ??s Berlin office to serve as a centre of operations on the continent